10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OPOBALSAM»
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1
The Essenes, the Scrolls, and the Dead Sea
Pliny's discussion of opobalsam (Nat. Hist. 12: 54 [Ill-15]) stresses the importance
of this economic resource to the Romans who took over the area in 68 CE. As
with the source that concerns the waters of Judaea, which is best attributed to ...
2
The Seven Books of Paulus Aegineta: Translated from the ...
The collyrium from opobalsam. Of calamine, of ceruse, of each, dr. viij ; of the oil
of unripe olives, dr. iv ; of white pepper, dr. xvj ; of opium, dr. iv; of opobalsam, of
gum, of each, dr. xvj. Rain-water. The collyrium called thalasseros. Of calamine ...
Of calamine, dr. xvij; of Indian ink, dr. xvj ; of long pepper, dr. xiij, and of white, dr.
xij ; of Cyrenaic juice, dr. viij; of opobalsam, dr. vj ; of spikenard, dr. vj ; of sagapen
, of opoponax, of each, dr. v; of opium, dr. iv; of euphorbium, dr. ; of gum, dr. j.
4
The Seven Books of Paulus Ægineta
The following collyria are beneficial, namely, that from the juice of the fennel, that
called proteus, the thalasseros and that from opobalsam. The collyria prepared
from them are useful, and the decoction of fennel in the commencement answers
...
5
A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the ...
OPOBALSAM. tenons) are described in De Quincey's essays. The last days of
Coleridge's life were wasted in the alternate excitement, and depression induced
by this stimulant. With the duller Ori- en'al, the effects are far more degrading ;
and ...
William Thomas Brande, George William Cox, 1866
6
The New Dispensatory, Containing : I. the Elements of ...
Frankincen se, Chio turpentine, each ten drams; Camels hay, Costus, or in its
stead zedoary, Indian leaf, or in its stead mace, Stechas, Long Pepper, Hartwort
seeds, Hypocistis, Storax strained, Opopanax, Galbanum strained, Opobalsam,
or in ...
7
Pharmacopoeia Universalis: Or, A New Universal English ...
Many are of Opinion, that there is now ' no such Thing as the true Opobalsam,
and that the genuine Species, of old produc'd in Egypt is not to be met with in any
Part of the World ; but Hqffman is of a different Opinion, because the Balsam of ...
8
Andreas Vesalius of Brussels, 1514-1564
Among all eye medicines the following is much to be recommended in this
situation: pompholyx six parts, opobalsam one part, honey two parts, wine of
Crete or another powerful, matured white one, a sufficient amount. It must be
made in this ...
Charles Donald O'Malley, 1964
9
Pharmacopoeia Officinalis [et] Extemporanea: Or, A Complete ...
Take of troches of squills, half a pound ; long pepper, opium strained, vipers dried
, each three . ounces ; cinnamon, opobalsam, or tn it< stead, e\-piesssd oi! of
mumegs, each two ounces ; agaric, Florence orris root, scordium, red roses,
navew ...
John Quincy, Thomas Longman ((Londres)), 1782
10
A Scripture Gazetteer; containing an account of all the ...
The land around Jericho was exceedingly fertile, abounding in palm trees and
roses; hence it is called the city of palm trees by Moses (Dent. xxxiv. 3). It also
yielded large quantities of the opobalsam, or balm of Gilead, so highly prized by
the ...
Benjamin Harris COWPER, 1854
